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Reedpipe
This instrument was collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton. It is a small reedpipe made from a hollowed out grain stalk, which has a single beating, idioglottal reed (i.e. reed cut from the same stalk material).
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1930–7 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Angola - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.21 Individual reedpipes with single reeds
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.21 Individual reedpipes with single reeds
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 105mm